Ania Vegry, born in London as the daughter of Polish musicians, studied in Hanover with Christiane Iven and Charlotte Lehmann and in Madrid with Teresa Berganza. As a member of the Hanover State Opera ensemble she performed central roles in the repertoire from baroque opera to 20th and 21st century music theater until 2019. Guest engagements have taken her to the Deutsche Oper and the Komische Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Opéra Garnier in Paris, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonie, and the Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich, among others. As a sought-after concert singer, she has performed with conductors such as Alexander Shelley, Jonathan Darlington, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Simon Halsey, Christopher Hogwood, Enrique Mazzola, Gregor Bühl, Joana Mallwitz, Ivan Repusic, and Helmuth Rilling. She is a regular guest at international festivals. Ania Vegry has repeatedly recorded opera arias and song cycles for radio stations (NDR, MDR, SWR, BR). Her recording of previously unpublished concert and opera arias by Florian Leopold Gassmann with the NDR Radiophilharmonie under the direction of David Stern was released in 2020 on the CPO label. Her complete recording of Simon Laks's songs and chansons (EDA 45, with Katarzyna Wasiak and Dominique Horwitz) was released by eda records in 2021.

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